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Nature Genetics 39, 1483–1487 (1 December 2007) | doi:10.1038/ng.2007.24

Mutations in LMF1 cause combined lipase deficiency and severe hypertriglyceridemia

Mikl|[oacute]|s P|[eacute]|terfy , Osnat Ben-Zeev , Hui Z Mao , Daphna Weissglas-Volkov , Bradley E Aouizerat , Clive R Pullinger , Philip H Frost , John P Kane , Mary J Malloy , Karen Reue , P|[auml]|ivi Pajukanta & Mark H Doolittle

Hypertriglyceridemia is a hallmark of many disorders, including metabolic syndrome, diabetes, atherosclerosis and obesity. A well-known cause is the deficiency of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), a key enzyme in plasma triglyceride hydrolysis.